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Published: 2007-04-03 21:30:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 4098; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 107
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I love it when an artist shows their tools, and explains them. For some reason, it really makes me wanna draw!So, here are mine. I'll explain em. From left to right:
My lead holder. I bought when I saw that Joe Mad uses the same one in a interview:} Actually, it's my favorite pencil in the world! You can make the lead really sharp, or u can use it really dull too...!
Next to it is my second fave pencil, my trusty 0.3 pencil. This what I use to do all those buildings and backgrounds with. You never have to worry about sharpening your pencil to get a really thin line, this thing stay's pointy. only drawback is that you can't press down too hard, lead breaks really easily.
I have an 0.7 too. That's for thin lines in the mid ground, or for finishes.
Next are my erasers. I have a thick one as my all purpose eraser, and then there's my thin, tough stuff eraser. I saw J.Scott Campell use one o these, and I bought one. One of my favorite. You can get the tip real pointy, and erase between bricks, or windows whilst doing backgrounds. Then, the mother of all erasers, (my brothers, I stole it;} Sakura electric eraser! This thing has like 50 horsepower! I love it, and I prolly go through a pack of batteries a week!
Ok, now my color pencils. I have an 0.5 lead holder for my red lead. I use this to layout backgrouns. Real handy for city shots. Then I have a green and purple one. I use the purple one panel borders only cause for some reason the purple doesn't photocopy that well. I also found this really cool non repro blue marker, that's fun to sketch with.
lastly, my inking supplies: I love love love micron pens. They're beautiful! and cheap. I also use a brush after watching Sean Murphy get down with one of those bad boys...Ink refil, and a copic marker...
Last, but never least is my homemade light box. I had this floresent light sitting around my house, so I bought a bulb, and some wood, and built this thing. $100's of dollars cheaper than others it's same size, and works just as well.
So, that's it. I know I'm nuts for doing this, but I think it's cool. Snap a pic of your tools talk about em, I'd love to see what everybody uses....
(you ever notice how pornographic talking about equipment (
....jus
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I use the magnificent mechanical pencil! and a marker
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nice... simple, yet...unique;}
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Somethin sexy about art tools XD
lol, its nice to see tools that other artists use !
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office supplies get out of a bin now and then. the last time i drew was Thursday. i went to the local water house and had this "beer tour", where you rink 4 artesanal (as in microbrewed, i guess?) German beers and write down your opinions on a piece of paper. i used the regular ball point pen to do a small Benedict monk with a mug o' ale saying i liked the fourth beer.
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with the .03 mm leads u can solve the breaking by getting a harder lead like 4h
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hmmm, sounds like a good idea. It's hard enough to find 0.3, let alone a variety. I'll look though. Thanks for the info;}
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tuff stuff erasers are amazin, and electric erasers, i got both of them too, your electric eraser is mo expensive than mine 
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Awsome. I used foil inside the lightbox my Grandpa made me, since it needed more reflection.
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word up.... work smarter, not harder ;}
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ohh man, i just wish i had the money to get tools like those (art supplies are pretty expensive nowadays yknow?) but yeah man keep up the dope arwork while i go find myself a job to get tools like those. God bless bro.
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yeah, no doubt, they are hard to come by. But, to be honest with you, I'm a tech freak. I love tech-y stuff! If it's small and can do something cool, you can bet that I'm gonna try and get it! Really, all you need is a wooden pencil, and an eraser to make good artwork. Don't let my over spending slow you down.....and don't tell my wife I said all this
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hehe... when i was about 6 or 7, i remember this dope light box came out for kids... it was on TV on one of those TV order commercials.... i wanted one desperately but you know how it goes with money and stuff... So i used to get a flashlight, and a thin plastic cutting board and place them between my legs.. and Voala!!! 
PEACE!!!
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Yeah, I love it. Being poor makes you more creative! Maybe that's how it got created in the first place.... ;} Ciao
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Thank you very much for adding me to your friends list.... Yeah, 0.3 pencils are a life saver, well, they are at least a time saver. No sharpening ever 2 minutes! I got mine from an art store around my house, you should get one. I've had it for years:}
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ouahoahu
very nice man
some day ill show mines
not so professional
but im satisfact with then
and what about that shine paper(i dont know the english name)
its for wath?
see ya!
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Oh, you mean the aluminum foil. That's my light box. I use it to trace reference pictures that I print off my computer. We call the shiny paper aluminum foil. I use it to reflect the light evenly...
Doesn't matter what tool you use, as long as you make art...
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i still didnt understand the aluminum paper(same as here - papel aluminio)
for me light box its an table made of glass with a light under the table...
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Cool to see how you work man. Thanks for takin the time out to do this. Man, i need a light box! Jus been puttin of building one.
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yeah, I did the same thing for about a year...wish I didn't wait that long...
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..those are your weapons of choice eh? I'd love an 0.3.. well cool to see wut you work with bruh
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got an electric eraser 4 months ago, greatest thing ever. Thank god for rechargeable batteries, saves so much money ;>
an 0.3, damn that's tiny, I'll have to try one.
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Yeah, I love those things. The 0.3 pencil is really nice. Somedays, that's the only pencil I'll use. You don't need to sharpen it! It's awesome....
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Micron!!!!!!! I love'em, although I was taught to use the traditonal brushes and quills I love the Microns cuz you can just grab'em and get to work, no mess. Plus, I learned to replicated some of the quills look with'em. Oh and becareful with tha JoE mAd pencils, I hear when you start somethin' with'em you can't finish it... aw I kid, I kid. We miss JoE
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HA! that's hilarious! I totally get it...lets hope that never happens. GO MICRON!!!
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what is that pencil holder??? the one joe mad uses, cause i want one now lol, joe mad is my hero
thanx for sharing dude
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yeah, if you go to an art store, you can get one for about 5 or 6 dollars. You also need a sharpener for it as well. That's gonna throw you back about $5 as well. I love it, it's super versatile and the lead lasts forever. It's also like a regular wooden pencil, which reminds me of drawing in school....
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thank you, home made is the best.... ;}
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dude you're crazy. really cool though. it is fun to see what other people use.
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"My lead holder. I bought when I saw that Joe Mad uses the same one in a interview:} Actually, it's my favorite pencil in the world!"
Is that a 2mm pencil? It looks like the pencil I use to draw my larger figure drawings. Seeing your collection is making me think I may have to finally cave-in and buy some good erasure-tools. Thanks for sharing!
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Are those electric erasers really worth it? They seem so... I don't know. So excessive or something.
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yes. That's all I got to say. yes....
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that pen-shaped eraser thingy is cool.. i needs me one of those i reckon
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yeah, it is. It only cost like $5, and the refils are about .89 cents. I love it!
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That was pretty cool man I think I'll do the same. Oh BTW did you say non-photo blue marker oh man I need one of those where did you get?
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I got it from the New York convention from some seller. It's real cool, but I rarely use it;}
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Yeah man I'm a have to get a few of those
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Sweet, thanks for sharing Jus, that's cool, back when I used to draw I just used one mechanical pencil from Wal-Mart, and whenever I would lose that cheapo thing I would go craZZEE!!!!! ArRRGGG where's my pencil? Did you take my pencil????
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ha ha, yeah, we used to do that in school. We'd go nuts cause they were cool!
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